FERMAT PRINCIPLE IN GENERAL-RELATIVITY

被引:5
作者
BEL, L [1 ]
MARTIN, J [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SALAMANCA,FAC CIENCIAS,FIS TEOR GRP,E-37008 SALAMANCA,SPAIN
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10.1007/BF02107999
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We derive Fermat's principle from the causal structure of spacetime, as well as from an appropriate variational principle. We show that the latter leads to a particular Hamilton-Jacobi formalism.
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页码:567 / 585
页数:19
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